| From | East Bay DSA <[email protected]> |
| Subject | Newsletter: Start something new |
| Date | December 17, 2020 8:05 PM |
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If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
Comrades,
Happy winter holidays from East Bay DSA.
You may already be feeling, or at least have considered, how the end of this year is different than others. We may be farther from family and friends, forgoing close company and shared foods even where we live. Some of the usual bright lights may seem a little dimmer, or at least farther away. But given that these holidays are always bittersweet, maybe we can be spared some of the bitterness, too. We hope you can enjoy some peace in not travelling and grace in sending cards and making calls instead of looking for perfect gifts.
And we hope you do not spend any additional time this month reflecting on whether you lived the past year to the fullest, or if you wish you had spent a few moments differently. You got that part done early. So what to do instead? Well, the best time to start a New Year's resolution is before the new year.
If 2020 made you want to fix America's broken and brazenly racist ([link removed]) health care system, or just to learn more history, join our screening tonight of Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution ([link removed]) . If you've been learning about the critical importance of Indigenous struggles to climate action and you’re ready to get involved, join our Green New Deal reading group ([link removed]) for Nick Estes’s Our History Is The Future, or tune in to hear Estes and other Indigenous leaders ([link removed]) speak on a National DSA panel today at 5! If you want to help build the nation's largest socialist
organization, or just make some new friends, join our Member Engagement Committee ([link removed]) or our Mobilizer Team ([link removed]) .
The end of the year may be the perfect time to start something new, whether in learning, organizing, or activism.
Solidarity!
News and Information
Here's some of the latest news and information from East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective
** WAKING UP A "SLEEPING GIANT": AN INTERVIEW WITH TRANSIT UNION LEADER ROGER MARENCO
------------------------------------------------------------
"We have been a sleeping giant for the past decades. Nothing happens without the Muni transit operators in this city."
Read more ([link removed])
Featured Events
While we are still unable to meet face-to-face, events are still going on that you can be a part of. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page ([link removed]) .
** (NATIONAL DSA) STRUCTURED ORGANIZING CONVERSATIONS DURING SOCIAL DISTANCING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, December 17 | 5–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
Although social distancing due to COVID-19 is drastically interrupting our standard organizing practices, we must find ways to make the most of technology and what contact we can have with one another via video conferencing and phone calls so that we can build working class power to fight against a repeat of the corporate bailouts of 2008 and demand real solutions to the struggles facing the working class during these difficult times.
Structured organizing conversations, while usually done in person, are a key skill that every organizer must learn and continue to practice in order to effectively build capacity in our work and teach others to find their own power and use it in shared struggle for change. While many of us are staying home for our own safety and are unable to meet in person, we are seeing that the ruling class is using their power to protect Wall Street while millions live in insecurity due to the effects of coronavirus and capitalism. The working class must continue to organize and use our power as well.
This training will be useful as we demand Medicare for All, Medical and Student Debt forgiveness, cessation of evictions, an end to cash bail, and more. We will need all hands on deck, and this training will help us to effectively talk with others about standing up to the ruling class and demanding that everyone’s needs are met, not just those of the wealthy.
This event is hosted through National DSA. RSVP below for the Zoom link!
RSVP ([link removed])
** (NATIONAL DSA) INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE IN A WORLD ON FIRE
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, December 17 | 5–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Indigenous communities are fighting for their survival and for self-determination. But what is the relationship between their struggle to the broader class struggle and the fight for a socialist future?
The DSA National Political Education Committee and International Committee are co-hosting an international panel featuring Indigenous leaders from the U.S, Brazil, and Bolivia. Drawing on the long legacy of Indigenous movements, and with an emphasis on environmental justice and class struggle the speakers will discuss indigenous protection of the environment in the Americas and the role their resistance plays within the struggle against capitalism and the extractivist state.
For info on this event’s amazing speakers, click the RSVP link below.
This event is hosted by National DSA. RSVP below for the Zoom link!
RSVP ([link removed])
** "POWER TO HEAL: MEDICARE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS REVOLUTION" SCREENING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, December 17 | 7:15–9:15 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿
The Medicare for All Committee and Racial Solidarity Committee will be co-hosting night school with a screening of “Power To Heal: Medicare And The Civil Rights Revolution.” This is a 60-minute documentary that exposes the history of Medicare in the USA, and how it helped desegregate hospitals around the nation.
RSVP ([link removed]) Attend on Zoom ([link removed])
** DIRECT ACTION TRAINING SERIES
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday and Sunday, December 19–20 | 10 a.m.–noon
Online via Zoom – register in advance below ♿
Do you want to learn effective techniques to intervene in an unjust world? Do you want to plan effective and powerful direct actions?
East Bay DSA’s Direct Action Working Group is excited to continue our Direct Action Training series this weekend! The training will take place on Zoom from 10 a.m.–noon on Saturday and Sunday. Attending both days is highly recommended. This training will cover the same ground as the previous Direct Action training which was very well received.
As racist violence, unemployment, evictions, and climate chaos keep increasing, we need to expand our capacity to leverage our collective power. This training series will introduce creative ways to escalate ongoing campaigns, participate in mass uprisings, and keep each other safe in our confrontations with capital and the state.
The training is 4 hours spread across two days. Please attend both days. For both days’ agendas, click the RSVP links below.
RSVP for Day 1 ([link removed]) RSVP for Day 2 ([link removed])
** New Member Event: How to Win the Holidays
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, December 19 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom — RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
If you’re already preparing to gather around a table or zoom call this holiday season, don’t settle for being the sulky socialist in the corner. Be the sulky socialist in the corner who gets their relatives to fight for a political revolution—or at least watch an AOC video after dinner.
Join us for a cozy (virtual) event to practice our friendly persuasion skills!
🌱 Talking Green New Deal with Grandma
🏥 Getting Uncle Bruce to support Medicare For All
🚨 Walking Mom through Defunding the Police
We’ll break into small groups and discuss different ways to respond to common talking points. Have you been stumped by a family member before? We can workshop a response together! Plus we’ll talk about picking our battles and how best to engage in these types of conversations.
This will be on zoom, but feel free to bring your dinner or a drink — and wear your favorite holiday sweater.
This is a great event for new members to meet other members and get connected with East Bay DSA — but longtime members are welcome too! Invite all your union friends and the socialism-curious!
⬇️ RSVP below for the zoom link! ⬇️
RSVP ([link removed])
** LABOR FILM SCREENING: "THE KILLING FLOOR"
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, December 20 | 6–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
The Labor Ed Study Series: Lessons from the 1930s for the 2020s presents a film screening of The Killing Floor, which highlights the plight of workers fighting to build an interracial union in the meatpacking industry in the years leading up to the Chicago race riot of 1919.
The screening is open to everyone. Participants of our Labor reading groups are encouraged to join and reflect on this period leading up to the Great Depression, as we currently read about Black workers and the fight against racism in the 30s. We'll host a short discussion after the film for those who stick around.
RSVP ([link removed])
** RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, December 21 | 7–9 p.m.
Online – email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) for info ♿
Join the Racial Solidarity Committee for our monthly meeting!
The Racial Solidarity Committee (RSC) is dedicated to fighting for the rights of BIPOC communities here in the Bay Area as well as around the world. We are committed to building a multiracial democratic socialist organization that reflects the diversity of the Bay Area working class. Our work ranges from immigration justice and open borders to workers' rights and access to fully-funded public education. In our general meetings, we hold political discussions and report on upcoming RSC campaigns and events. Join us and become a part of the fight for Racial Solidarity!
Racial Solidarity Committee is open to all, and we especially welcome self-identified BIPOC folx. BIPOC facilitators take progressive stack, and we maintain community agreements.
RSVP ([link removed])
** VIRTUAL MASK BUILD
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 22 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – sign up in advance to have materials delivered ([link removed]) ♿
Join the Green New Deal committee for a virtual mask assembly party! The COVID-19 pandemic will intensify over the coming months, with the recently surpassed death toll of 250,000 potentially doubling by March, and the U.S. continues to experience PPE shortages, especially of high-grade face masks.
We will be assembling hundreds of no-sew, submicron "N85" masks for distribution with community partners. All we need is your help!
This is a great event for new members to attend. Training and materials are provided, no experience necessary. During the build, we'll hang out on an online call together to talk about mutual aid, socialism, and whatever else you'd like to!
Please RSVP below several days before the build so we provide materials via a touchless kit drop-off at your door!
Sign up here ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL READING GROUP: OUR HISTORY IS THE FUTURE BY NICK ESTES PART II
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, December 23 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿
We will be reading the second and third chapters ahead of this meeting. Anyone interested in learning and discussing with others is welcome to join us. (If you missed the first meeting, catch up and join us!)
The book is about how two centuries of Indigenous resistance created the movement proclaiming "Water is life". In Our History Is the Future, Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance that led to the #NoDAPL movement. Our History Is the Future is at once a work of history, a manifesto, and an intergenerational story of resistance.
RSVP ([link removed]) Attend on Zoom ([link removed])
** LABOR COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, December 27 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
Please join the East Bay DSA Labor Committee for our regular monthly meeting. It's open to all DSA members who are interested in getting involved in labor work with their comrades! Learn more about how to get involved in the committee, our ongoing projects, and upcoming solidarity actions! If you'd like to submit an item for the agenda, please email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
RSVP ([link removed])
** MEMBER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, December 28 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our next Member Engagement Committee monthly meeting and learn how you can put your skills to work or grow new ones you never knew you had!
The Member Engagement Committee was created for the purpose of initiating and sustaining our members' active and healthy participation in the chapter's work. We cannot grow our movement without engaging and fostering growth within our current membership. We strive to grow confident organizers and leaders as well as strong relationships between comrades in our chapter by supporting all committees in their work and creating spaces for learning and camaraderie.
Our committee builds and maintains projects such as (but not limited to) our mobilizers program, planning and execution of chapter socials, new member events, and Organizer's Toolbox Trainings, as well as managing the onboarding of new members. As our chapter grows we need to grow our efforts with it and would love to welcome new members to our committee.
Contact us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
RSVP ([link removed])
Upcoming Events
** MOBILIZER TEAM PHONEBANKING
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 29 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
The Mobilizer team's mission is to build the personal connections that help DSA members get more involved in our chapter and politically active. We have one on one conversations with both new members and existing members of our chapter where we learn about what drew them to the struggle for socialism and help them think about how they want to take the next step to get more engaged. In this weekly phone bank, we call our members and train new Mobilizers how to make calls. Come help us build a strong chapter and movement while having great conversations!
RSVP ([link removed])
** VIRTUAL MASK BUILD
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 29 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – sign up here to receive materials in advance ([link removed]) ♿
See details for the Dec. 22 event above. Training and materials are provided, no experience necessary.
Please RSVP below several days before the build so we provide materials via a touchless kit drop-off at your door!
RSVP ([link removed])
CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
With social distancing guidelines still in place, now's as good a time as any to catch up on our Socialist Night School.
Catch up on past night school readings and videos below.
Watch past Night School videos ([link removed])
Catch up on Night School readings ([link removed])
Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has 85,000 members nationally, and we're still growing. There's never been a better time to get involved than right now! Join our national organization by clicking below and become an official socialist organizer.
Join DSA ([link removed])
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website ([link removed]) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
LET'S MOBILIZE OUR NEW MEMBERS!
With new members pouring into our chapter, it's time to get them activated and plugged into the long-term project of building socialism. That's where our mobilizers team comes in. Our mobilizers meet with new members one-on-one, talk through what brought them to DSA and guide their next steps in our chapter.
Our mobilizers team is currently recruiting so we can mobilize the hundreds of new members of our chapter that have joined in the past months.
Fill out the form linked below to volunteer and help with this effort. This is a great way to get more involved if you've been a member watching from the sidelines for a while.
Sign up to mobilize ([link removed])
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Comrades,
Happy winter holidays from East Bay DSA.
You may already be feeling, or at least have considered, how the end of this year is different than others. We may be farther from family and friends, forgoing close company and shared foods even where we live. Some of the usual bright lights may seem a little dimmer, or at least farther away. But given that these holidays are always bittersweet, maybe we can be spared some of the bitterness, too. We hope you can enjoy some peace in not travelling and grace in sending cards and making calls instead of looking for perfect gifts.
And we hope you do not spend any additional time this month reflecting on whether you lived the past year to the fullest, or if you wish you had spent a few moments differently. You got that part done early. So what to do instead? Well, the best time to start a New Year's resolution is before the new year.
If 2020 made you want to fix America's broken and brazenly racist ([link removed]) health care system, or just to learn more history, join our screening tonight of Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution ([link removed]) . If you've been learning about the critical importance of Indigenous struggles to climate action and you’re ready to get involved, join our Green New Deal reading group ([link removed]) for Nick Estes’s Our History Is The Future, or tune in to hear Estes and other Indigenous leaders ([link removed]) speak on a National DSA panel today at 5! If you want to help build the nation's largest socialist
organization, or just make some new friends, join our Member Engagement Committee ([link removed]) or our Mobilizer Team ([link removed]) .
The end of the year may be the perfect time to start something new, whether in learning, organizing, or activism.
Solidarity!
News and Information
Here's some of the latest news and information from East Bay Majority ([link removed]) , East Bay DSA's news source with a socialist perspective
** WAKING UP A "SLEEPING GIANT": AN INTERVIEW WITH TRANSIT UNION LEADER ROGER MARENCO
------------------------------------------------------------
"We have been a sleeping giant for the past decades. Nothing happens without the Muni transit operators in this city."
Read more ([link removed])
Featured Events
While we are still unable to meet face-to-face, events are still going on that you can be a part of. RSVP below to stay updated. You can also keep track on our Events page ([link removed]) .
** (NATIONAL DSA) STRUCTURED ORGANIZING CONVERSATIONS DURING SOCIAL DISTANCING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, December 17 | 5–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
Although social distancing due to COVID-19 is drastically interrupting our standard organizing practices, we must find ways to make the most of technology and what contact we can have with one another via video conferencing and phone calls so that we can build working class power to fight against a repeat of the corporate bailouts of 2008 and demand real solutions to the struggles facing the working class during these difficult times.
Structured organizing conversations, while usually done in person, are a key skill that every organizer must learn and continue to practice in order to effectively build capacity in our work and teach others to find their own power and use it in shared struggle for change. While many of us are staying home for our own safety and are unable to meet in person, we are seeing that the ruling class is using their power to protect Wall Street while millions live in insecurity due to the effects of coronavirus and capitalism. The working class must continue to organize and use our power as well.
This training will be useful as we demand Medicare for All, Medical and Student Debt forgiveness, cessation of evictions, an end to cash bail, and more. We will need all hands on deck, and this training will help us to effectively talk with others about standing up to the ruling class and demanding that everyone’s needs are met, not just those of the wealthy.
This event is hosted through National DSA. RSVP below for the Zoom link!
RSVP ([link removed])
** (NATIONAL DSA) INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE IN A WORLD ON FIRE
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, December 17 | 5–7 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
Indigenous communities are fighting for their survival and for self-determination. But what is the relationship between their struggle to the broader class struggle and the fight for a socialist future?
The DSA National Political Education Committee and International Committee are co-hosting an international panel featuring Indigenous leaders from the U.S, Brazil, and Bolivia. Drawing on the long legacy of Indigenous movements, and with an emphasis on environmental justice and class struggle the speakers will discuss indigenous protection of the environment in the Americas and the role their resistance plays within the struggle against capitalism and the extractivist state.
For info on this event’s amazing speakers, click the RSVP link below.
This event is hosted by National DSA. RSVP below for the Zoom link!
RSVP ([link removed])
** "POWER TO HEAL: MEDICARE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS REVOLUTION" SCREENING
------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, December 17 | 7:15–9:15 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿
The Medicare for All Committee and Racial Solidarity Committee will be co-hosting night school with a screening of “Power To Heal: Medicare And The Civil Rights Revolution.” This is a 60-minute documentary that exposes the history of Medicare in the USA, and how it helped desegregate hospitals around the nation.
RSVP ([link removed]) Attend on Zoom ([link removed])
** DIRECT ACTION TRAINING SERIES
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday and Sunday, December 19–20 | 10 a.m.–noon
Online via Zoom – register in advance below ♿
Do you want to learn effective techniques to intervene in an unjust world? Do you want to plan effective and powerful direct actions?
East Bay DSA’s Direct Action Working Group is excited to continue our Direct Action Training series this weekend! The training will take place on Zoom from 10 a.m.–noon on Saturday and Sunday. Attending both days is highly recommended. This training will cover the same ground as the previous Direct Action training which was very well received.
As racist violence, unemployment, evictions, and climate chaos keep increasing, we need to expand our capacity to leverage our collective power. This training series will introduce creative ways to escalate ongoing campaigns, participate in mass uprisings, and keep each other safe in our confrontations with capital and the state.
The training is 4 hours spread across two days. Please attend both days. For both days’ agendas, click the RSVP links below.
RSVP for Day 1 ([link removed]) RSVP for Day 2 ([link removed])
** New Member Event: How to Win the Holidays
------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, December 19 | 6–7:30 p.m.
Online via Zoom — RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
If you’re already preparing to gather around a table or zoom call this holiday season, don’t settle for being the sulky socialist in the corner. Be the sulky socialist in the corner who gets their relatives to fight for a political revolution—or at least watch an AOC video after dinner.
Join us for a cozy (virtual) event to practice our friendly persuasion skills!
🌱 Talking Green New Deal with Grandma
🏥 Getting Uncle Bruce to support Medicare For All
🚨 Walking Mom through Defunding the Police
We’ll break into small groups and discuss different ways to respond to common talking points. Have you been stumped by a family member before? We can workshop a response together! Plus we’ll talk about picking our battles and how best to engage in these types of conversations.
This will be on zoom, but feel free to bring your dinner or a drink — and wear your favorite holiday sweater.
This is a great event for new members to meet other members and get connected with East Bay DSA — but longtime members are welcome too! Invite all your union friends and the socialism-curious!
⬇️ RSVP below for the zoom link! ⬇️
RSVP ([link removed])
** LABOR FILM SCREENING: "THE KILLING FLOOR"
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, December 20 | 6–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
The Labor Ed Study Series: Lessons from the 1930s for the 2020s presents a film screening of The Killing Floor, which highlights the plight of workers fighting to build an interracial union in the meatpacking industry in the years leading up to the Chicago race riot of 1919.
The screening is open to everyone. Participants of our Labor reading groups are encouraged to join and reflect on this period leading up to the Great Depression, as we currently read about Black workers and the fight against racism in the 30s. We'll host a short discussion after the film for those who stick around.
RSVP ([link removed])
** RACIAL SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, December 21 | 7–9 p.m.
Online – email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) for info ♿
Join the Racial Solidarity Committee for our monthly meeting!
The Racial Solidarity Committee (RSC) is dedicated to fighting for the rights of BIPOC communities here in the Bay Area as well as around the world. We are committed to building a multiracial democratic socialist organization that reflects the diversity of the Bay Area working class. Our work ranges from immigration justice and open borders to workers' rights and access to fully-funded public education. In our general meetings, we hold political discussions and report on upcoming RSC campaigns and events. Join us and become a part of the fight for Racial Solidarity!
Racial Solidarity Committee is open to all, and we especially welcome self-identified BIPOC folx. BIPOC facilitators take progressive stack, and we maintain community agreements.
RSVP ([link removed])
** VIRTUAL MASK BUILD
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 22 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – sign up in advance to have materials delivered ([link removed]) ♿
Join the Green New Deal committee for a virtual mask assembly party! The COVID-19 pandemic will intensify over the coming months, with the recently surpassed death toll of 250,000 potentially doubling by March, and the U.S. continues to experience PPE shortages, especially of high-grade face masks.
We will be assembling hundreds of no-sew, submicron "N85" masks for distribution with community partners. All we need is your help!
This is a great event for new members to attend. Training and materials are provided, no experience necessary. During the build, we'll hang out on an online call together to talk about mutual aid, socialism, and whatever else you'd like to!
Please RSVP below several days before the build so we provide materials via a touchless kit drop-off at your door!
Sign up here ([link removed])
** GREEN NEW DEAL READING GROUP: OUR HISTORY IS THE FUTURE BY NICK ESTES PART II
------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, December 23 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom ([link removed]) ♿
We will be reading the second and third chapters ahead of this meeting. Anyone interested in learning and discussing with others is welcome to join us. (If you missed the first meeting, catch up and join us!)
The book is about how two centuries of Indigenous resistance created the movement proclaiming "Water is life". In Our History Is the Future, Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance that led to the #NoDAPL movement. Our History Is the Future is at once a work of history, a manifesto, and an intergenerational story of resistance.
RSVP ([link removed]) Attend on Zoom ([link removed])
** LABOR COMMITTEE MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Sunday, December 27 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
Please join the East Bay DSA Labor Committee for our regular monthly meeting. It's open to all DSA members who are interested in getting involved in labor work with their comrades! Learn more about how to get involved in the committee, our ongoing projects, and upcoming solidarity actions! If you'd like to submit an item for the agenda, please email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
RSVP ([link removed])
** MEMBER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE MONTHLY MEETING
------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, December 28 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿
We need your help building a strong and active chapter! Join our next Member Engagement Committee monthly meeting and learn how you can put your skills to work or grow new ones you never knew you had!
The Member Engagement Committee was created for the purpose of initiating and sustaining our members' active and healthy participation in the chapter's work. We cannot grow our movement without engaging and fostering growth within our current membership. We strive to grow confident organizers and leaders as well as strong relationships between comrades in our chapter by supporting all committees in their work and creating spaces for learning and camaraderie.
Our committee builds and maintains projects such as (but not limited to) our mobilizers program, planning and execution of chapter socials, new member events, and Organizer's Toolbox Trainings, as well as managing the onboarding of new members. As our chapter grows we need to grow our efforts with it and would love to welcome new members to our committee.
Contact us at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .
RSVP ([link removed])
Upcoming Events
** MOBILIZER TEAM PHONEBANKING
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 29 | 6–8 p.m.
Online via Zoom – RSVP for info ([link removed]) ♿️
The Mobilizer team's mission is to build the personal connections that help DSA members get more involved in our chapter and politically active. We have one on one conversations with both new members and existing members of our chapter where we learn about what drew them to the struggle for socialism and help them think about how they want to take the next step to get more engaged. In this weekly phone bank, we call our members and train new Mobilizers how to make calls. Come help us build a strong chapter and movement while having great conversations!
RSVP ([link removed])
** VIRTUAL MASK BUILD
------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, December 29 | 7–9 p.m.
Online via Zoom – sign up here to receive materials in advance ([link removed]) ♿
See details for the Dec. 22 event above. Training and materials are provided, no experience necessary.
Please RSVP below several days before the build so we provide materials via a touchless kit drop-off at your door!
RSVP ([link removed])
CATCH UP ON NIGHT SCHOOL
With social distancing guidelines still in place, now's as good a time as any to catch up on our Socialist Night School.
Catch up on past night school readings and videos below.
Watch past Night School videos ([link removed])
Catch up on Night School readings ([link removed])
Not a Member Yet? Let's Fix That.
DSA now has 85,000 members nationally, and we're still growing. There's never been a better time to get involved than right now! Join our national organization by clicking below and become an official socialist organizer.
Join DSA ([link removed])
Caucus Corner
Our caucuses organize events too! Check out the Caucus Corner of our website ([link removed]) to learn more about the activities of East Bay DSA caucuses and how to participate.
Announcements
LET'S MOBILIZE OUR NEW MEMBERS!
With new members pouring into our chapter, it's time to get them activated and plugged into the long-term project of building socialism. That's where our mobilizers team comes in. Our mobilizers meet with new members one-on-one, talk through what brought them to DSA and guide their next steps in our chapter.
Our mobilizers team is currently recruiting so we can mobilize the hundreds of new members of our chapter that have joined in the past months.
Fill out the form linked below to volunteer and help with this effort. This is a great way to get more involved if you've been a member watching from the sidelines for a while.
Sign up to mobilize ([link removed])
For myself, I want no advantage over my fellow man, and if he is weaker than I, all the more is it my duty to help him.
-- Eugene Debs
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